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Patented Sept. 30, |902.

No. 7|o,|s2.

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(Application'led May 19, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

WILLIAM B. CAROLUS, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

BOLT AND NUT CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 710,182, dated September 30, 1902. Application filed May 19. 1902. Serial No. 108.045. (No model.)

To @ZZ wiz/om, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CAROLUS, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bolt and Nut Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to cornbination bolt and nut cutters; and my primary Objectis to provide an instrument of this character of very simple construction.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the implement; Fig. 2, an end View; Fig. 3,an enlarged section taken as indicated atline 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4f an enlarged broken section taken as indicated at line It of Fig. l.

The preferred construction is as follows: A A represent a pair of swinging bolt-cutting blades pivotally joined by bolts a to connecting-blocks o', B B', levers pivotally joined together at b and connected by pivots b' with the base ends of the blades. The levers B B have adjustable sections @,of Well-known construction. The blades have sharp bolt-cutting edges d d in a plane parallel .with the plane of the levers and blades. The blade A is beveled at d2 to produce the edge d and is equipped with an integrally-forged nut-splitting blade d3, which overhangs said beveled surface and has an edge d4 at right angles to the edge d. Similarly, the blade A is beveled at d5, and has a blade d6 with a nut-bearing edge CF opposed to the edge di. The edge d4 is sharp and serves to cut into a nut, while the edge I7 is somewhat blunt, affording a bearing about which the halves of the nut swing when the nut is split by the edge d4. The blades cl3 d6 are so spaced that when the edges d d' are in contact there is space for a bolt between the edges d6 C17.

In use one side or the other of the implement is employed,according to whether a bolt is to be clipped or a nut split. I provide the iat sides of the blades A A with transverse grooves or indicating-points f, `which are in alinement with the blade edges d4 dT, so that` said blade edges may be properly applied to a nut, notwithstanding they cannot be seen readily when the implement is applied to the nut.

While Ihave shown the nut-splitting blades formed integrally with the bolt cutting blades, it is obvious that they may be separately formed and made adjustable with relation to the bolt-cutting blades.

Changes in minor details of constructionv Within the spirit of my invention may be made. Hence no undue limitation is Ato be understood from the foregoing detailed description.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-e l. An implement of the characterdescribed, comprising pivoted blades with cutting edges lying in one plane and blades carried by said first-named blades and having edges substantially perpendicular to. those of the firstnamed blades and separated by a space in the closed position, for the purpose set forth.

2. An implement of the character described, comprising pivoted blades having beveled surfaces on one side and blades at substantially right angles to said first-named blades and lying on the'beveled side thereof and separated by a space in the closed position of the implement, for the purpose set forth.

3. An implement of the character described, comprising pivoted blades having beveled surfaces on one side and blades at substantially right angles to said rst-named blades and lying on the beveled side thereof and projecting over said beveled surfaces for the purpose set forth.

4. An implement of the character described,

comprising pivoted bolt-cutting blades and nut-cutting blades formed integrally therewith and having cutting edges at substantially right angles thereto dand separated by a space in the closed position of the implement, for the purpose set forth. 5. Animplement of the characterdescribed, comprising pivoted blades swinging in a given plane and bearing nut-cutting edges substantially perpendicular to said plane, said edges being separated by a space in the closed position of the implement, for the purpose set forth.

6. An implement of the character described, comprising pivotally-joined blades swinging in a given plane and bearing nut cutting edges substantially perpendicular to said plane and separated by a space in the closed position of the implement, and operating-1evers pivotally joined together and to the base ends of saidblades, for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM B. CAROLUS. In presence of- ALBERT D. BACCI, M. S. MACKENZIE.

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